CUTLINE Congressman Doc Hastings (center) accepts first Congressman of the Year award from the American Potato Trade Alliance. From left: Dennis Conley from Basic American Foods; Mark Dunn, vice president of government affairs at JR Simplot; Pat Boss, executive director of the Washington State Potato Commission; Hastings; Lynn Olsen, Washington potato grower; Marthann Olsen, and Dave Long, former president of the National Potato Council board.

June 24, 2004